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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1962
Page
2
Kansas City ad touts an inconspicuous rupture device free of leg straps and springs. It offers a 30 day trial and a $3.50 truss as a gift for reporting results, with mailing address to Physician's Appliance Company in Kansas City Missouri.
Dr. Allen A Baldwin is chairman with Mrs Lowell Rapp as vice chair and secretary. Other board members include Mrs Robert Mathews Mrs Lawrence Worstell and Sol Rosenberg. Miss Rowena G Sprout reported 25 foster homes 19 licensed for infants and preschoolers. 26 adoption applications 18 children placed in 17 homes. 13 legal adoptions completed eight boys three school age. Children Home average 41 in 1961 aged 6 to 18. December caseload 551. Many children live at home with services, minimal costs beyond professional services.
Earl F. Mathews Inc and C M Gill Co face actions with Dwight H Rutherford Peter B Seel and Agency Joseph Seiple named in filings. Proceedings outline claims and parties involved.
Navy recruiter D. N. Tapp announces seven men connected with Athens have joined or re enlisted in February. Re enlistees are Charles Raymond Johnson Maurice Edgar Johnson and James Edward Fish. New enlistees are Rudy Layne Shaw Robert Lee Hawk Roger Norman Hicks John Ray Montgomery.
Four juvenile offenders were fined five dollars and costs each in Juvenile Court. Ronald Herbert Wooley 17 received a 60 day license suspension for speeding. The others Donald Christman Gary Carson and Carolyn Collins each got 30 days. The Plains Fire Department will meet at 7 30 p.m. Monday. Four drivers received fines after patrol arrests in Athens County. Danny Knight 22 Chauncey 35 and costs no license Harry Mayle 50 Chesterhill Route 1 15 and costs stop sign violation Jerry Fleming 21 Athens 15 and costs speeding Pearl Mitchell 38 Murray City 10 and costs passing unsafely.
James Howard Lough 83 of New Haven died Sunday at his home after a long illness. Born in Hundred West Virginia he was a retired oil well maintenance worker and a Mason. Surviving are six daughters two of whom live in New Haven plus relatives in Arizona and Maryland. 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral is Wednesday 2 PM at Foglesong funeral home Mason with Rev Dille and Rev Mahoney officiating. Burial Suncrest Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
In separate rulings Saturday in Common Pleas Court, Mary Walker and a minor child of John Vaido were granted divorces for gross neglect. Each plaintiff received support for their respective minor children as defendants ordered to contribute.
Florence E. Gaskalla of Glouster has been named traffic coordinator for Mid-Continent Telephone Corp. She will supervise traffic departments across eight companies. Gaskalla, a Glouster High School graduate, previously led Elyria Telephone Co as chief operator and held roles as toll operator, supervisor, and instructor to the chief operator. She has worked with Mid-Continent traffic departments since the company's organization.
Glouster Lodge 607 F and AM will hold a regular meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m to finalize plans for the Father and Son event. The annual Father and Son night is Friday March 9 at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Hall with members urged to bring a son or adopted son. A short program includes Ohio Wildlife films and a talk by Mrs Ernest Byers followed by refreshments.
Common Pleas Court orders Indemnity Insurance Co of North America to recover 927.50 from Jean Meinhard of Athens, former secretary to OU official Maurel Hawkins, for receipts stolen from the Spanish ballet office on Oct. 5, 1960. Insurance had paid the university after the loss.
Austin Adkins, 49, of Athens Route 3, forfeited a $16 bond in Municipal Court Friday after being cited by the State Highway Patrol for defective turn signals.
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